Meerkats are members of the mongoose family. They live in the African savannah and yes like Timon they do eat insects, grubs and termites. They also eat scorpions, luckily they are immune to most venoms.
Meerkats live in large groups called mobs, clans or gangs. The mob is led by an alpha female, called the matriarch. When foraging for food, one member of the group acts as a lookout for predators. If a predator is spotted they call out an alarm to warn the group.
Although meerkats are superb diggers, they don’t usually dig their own burrows. Instead they use burrows made by ground squirrels or mongooses.
For now meerkats are thriving. They are not considered threatened or endangered, let’s keep it that way.
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